Saturday, May 10 at 2pm
Saturday at the Opera
Hosted by Ken Meltzer
Gaetano Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore (Elixir of Love), an early '70s recording starring the great Italian tenor, Luciano Pavarotti (1935-2007), and soprano Joan Sutherland. Richard Bonynge conducts the Ambrosian Opera Chorus and English Chamber Orchestra.

Sunday, May 11 at 7am
Sunday Baroque
Hosted by Suzanne Bona
Sunday Baroque premieres on Mother's Day with a show about notable musical moms and their offspring -- past and present, real and fictional -- such as Bach's wife Anna Magdalena, his musical partner and mother to his 20 children.

Friday, May 16 at 7pm
Performance in Pittsburgh
Hosted by Stephen Baum
Tonight, highlights of the Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society's "Bridges" series, including the Shanghai Quartet.

Saturday, May 17 at 2pm
Saturday at the Opera
Hosted by Ken Meltzer
Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco. This recording of the 1842 revolutionary opera that launched Verdi's career stars baritone Piero Cappuccilli and soprano Ghena Dimitrova, with the Chorus and Orchestra of the German Opera, Berlin. Giuseppe Sinopoli conducts.

Monday-Friday, May 12-16 at 10pm
Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
In the 5th Century BC, water was classified as one of the four essential elements. Over the centuries artists, poets, philosophers and composers have returned again and again to the mysteries of water for inspiration. This week's shows focus on water music, with works by Vaughan Williams, Mahler, Debussy and (of course) Handel. more info

Bellini's Capulets and Montagues
Saturday, May 3 - Sunday, May 11
A bel canto vehicle for Laura Claycomb and Vivica Genaux. Claycomb, the superb coloratura, is Giulietta opposite the astounding mezzo Genaux in a pants role as Romeo. Thor Steingraber directs his L. A. opera production. Antony Walker conducts. More Info

Pittsburgh Symphony: Honeck's Heldenleben
Friday, May 9 through Sunday, May 11
PSO Music Director Manfred Honeck and Principal Clarinet Michael Rusinek premiere Alan Fletcher's new Clarinet Concerto. Also featured: Verdi's Overture to "La Forza del Destino" and Richard Strauss' grandiose self-portrait, "Ein Heldenleben." Broadcast live on Classical QED 89.3, May 9. More Info

Pittsburgh Symphony: A French Requiem
Friday, June 13 through Sunday, June 15
Yan Pascal Tortelier conducts Faure's Requiem and Saint-Saens' Organ Symphony" to complete his tenure as PSO Principal Guest Conductor. With the Mendelssohn Choir prepared by Betsy Burleigh. Broadcast live on Classical QED 89.3, June 13. More Info